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I've been using Google Reader recently, following the lamented death of Planet Fleck, and I suppose I have to admit its better.
Here are some "shared items" if, for some reason, you want to read what I read.
politics:
Category: politics
(this post is mostly for my own future reference: so I can see what I thought now, without the distorting lens of memory. but you might care too) So, we've vetoed the grand European dream, and they will go off...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 11:55 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
More politics, sorry. Still, if you want science, RC and J+J are blogging AGU. But CIP is delighted with Obama's speech on the economy. I'm less so; the comment there from Wolfgang (He always gave great speeches... this was...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:30 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Or rather, drops euro referendum plan but the effect is much the same. When the referendum was announced a few days ago, some thought he had played a blindingly good political hand. Which just goes to show that economists aren't...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:12 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
I don't really have a comment policy (for all I know I once posted one, but if I did, I've forgotten it). But my statement is: this is my site, and one of the facilities I provide is a signal...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 9:01 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Time to be nice about something. I was quite cynical in February, but to my surprise we did do something useful, the rebels were brave enough to overcome their lack of organistaion, and after much chaos and death it...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:19 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Note the double question mark. That is because I'm quoting Can we Grow the Economy Any More? I'll let you go off and read that post now, if you like. Done so? Good. Now for my ignorant rant: What strikes...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:50 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: not fun at all
Well, the riots. And whilst Harry Hutton, as usual, talks a great deal of sense, the sense of surprise remains. The beak makes some good early points; initial reports were very vague; but it now looks like only the police...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 3:39 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: sea ice
Misc stuff. I think I'll press "publish" now to distract you. Oh look, there's a badger... Early Warning with some interesting speculation and pointers re the possible US default. The "only someone batshit crazy would do that; oh f*ck, these...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 10:20 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
My morning blog-reading threw up Well, no Mr. Chakrabortty, no wherein Timmy is characteristically blunt about the failings of politicians. You don't have to agree, this is only the lead-in to my own view. The problem with Timmy's analysis is...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:35 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
There is an excellent article from Light Blue Touchpaper about securing information (just in case you don't get the delicate joke: Cambridge's colour is light blue, as opposed to Oxford's true blue; and of course "light the blue touch paper"...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 2:59 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks